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William Carey Crusaders traveling to Puerto Rico

This week, the William Carey Crusaders are bringing their show on the road for a trip to Puerto Rico. The Crusaders, now ranked 9th in the country among NAIA teams, would play 3 matches games against sides from 3 of the eleven campuses of University of Puerto Rico.

Steve Knight, the Longtime Crusaders coach, stated that the tour is a payoff for one of the best bunch of players he has had. The coach told that they have played Division I matches for years, and in general they got a little guarantee to play those matches. They just put it away; put it away attempting to wait for the right time to utilize this.

He told that in this year’s team, they have got 9 seniors, a whole lot of guys back from previous year’s team which made it to national tournament for the very 1st time since 1997. After they got back from national previous year, Scotty Fletcher, the Carey assistant coach, talked about how they ought to try to go on a good trip. These guys deserve it.

Apparently, there is a huge business in putting together college basketball travels to far flung locations. Travel firms can put together deals for matches in Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Central America, Hawaii as well as other islands.

Knight added that they selected Puerto Rico because they did not want to go through the hassle of getting passports. They have also thought about going to Hawaii, but they were able to get 3 matches in Puerto Rice vs. 2 in Hawaii.